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iPad IOS 6.0.x bug Phil Herring at 1:22pm 12.12.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/3662 It appears there's a bug in the app now. Here's what the software provider posted in their support
Need 3qm30f Heat Exchanger capjules at 1:09pm 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1291 Hello, I need a Heat Exchanger for my Yanmar 3QM30F engine. My yanmar dealer says they are disco
head stay tom power at 1:08pm 12.12.12 Catalina 30 4/1849 Hi All, Anyone know the head stay length for a 1985 Catalina 30 tall rig? Thanks. Tom
Companionway Door Track Insulation. Bowedtoothdoc at 11:21am 12.12.12 Big Boats 3/1473 Happy Holidays to Everyone on such a great forum! I recently noticed that on my sliding companionwa
Lazerette filling with water RWSlater at 10:08am 12.12.12 Big Boats 6/1796 I have a 96 passage 42 and the transom lazerette is leaking in sea water when I'm underway. I suspec
New 9.9hp high thrust Yamaha Matros at 9:04am 12.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/4881 Hey Everyone, I'm thinking of purchasing a brand new outboard (Yamaha 9.9 high thrust 25") and woul
Tripp Design FourPoints at 8:54am 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1429 Does anyone know anyone at Tripp Design in Norwalk, CT (designers of the Bermuda 40, the Block Islan
Plastic Classic Question Squidd at 6:58am 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2185 This is for a different forum, but some of you guys might go there and perhaps be able to help me...
Old O23 Centerboard Pivot ruidh at 5:26am 12.12.12 Day Sailers 18/3914 I'm trying to remove the centrists on my '71 O23. This is an iron keel with a pivot pin that goes al
Sydney International Boatshow Ken13559 at 8:35pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1120 Any Aussies on this forum? If yes, could you tell me if the Sydney International Boatshow (Aug 2013)
Sacrificial zincs?? dutchy at 5:24pm 12.11.12 Big Boats 8/2379 Does the Yanmar 3GMF (fresh water cooled) have any zincs in the engine block? It is my understandin
repair help please rstone at 4:30pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 25/7247 hey everybody, i'm totally new to sailing. as in never been. but sunday i bought a 1969 morgan 22 in
Videos from Desolation Sound ... eliems at 4:29pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2236 Just started loading some of the clips from our trip last year on to YouTube. Desolation Sound is a
New Membership Cards (2) thubbard84 at 4:20pm 12.11.12 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 2/6537 Hi All, Attached is samples of the new HAPS "business cards." We will hand 5-10 of them to everyone
Southern Boating Roger Long at 3:02pm 12.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 19/5761 The gift of humor that keeps on giving: http://www.cruisingonstrider.us/images/SBO/SouthernBoating.
Should I insulate my headliner space? (8) gnashty at 3:00pm 12.11.12 Big Boats 4/7606 My wife and I just bought our 1987 Hunter 40, which we're living aboard, and we are battling the ele
Things That Go Squish in the Night (1) Roger Long at 2:48pm 12.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/1851
Barrier coat recommendation Isla-Mae at 12:04pm 12.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2066 I am restoring a 1977 O'Day 25. How important it it that I have a barrier coat put on the bottom?
Speed sensor through hull fitting on O'Day 25 Isla-Mae at 12:01pm 12.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1840 I am restoring a '77 O 'Day 25 and come to a speed sensor fitting just aft of the keel. The gauge is
sigh, Selling my boat... What made you buy yours?? KandD at 11:29am 12.11.12 Big Boats 5/2029 :cry: USN has decided my wife has spent enough time on the east coast and we are going west... we'l*

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Tohatsu 6hp, Should I carry spare parts? TimFromLI at 8:14pm 03.28.23 Spark plug, don't ask me how I know.
I am Knot going aloft today h2o_snow at 7:36pm 03.28.23 Yeah, I had to open my mast gate a little to facilitate getting the track in the groove. MI couldn
Tohatsu 6hp, Should I carry spare parts? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:48pm 03.28.23 Use ethanol free gas only and buy a motor muff to flush the engine once in a while with fresh water.
Autohelm rotary type 2 - fix or go new.... smokey73 at 6:41pm 03.28.23 the binnacle box was definitely glassed in during the build, mine was one of the first of this gene
Used mast for a Hunter 23 wing keel Crazy Dave Condon at 6:36pm 03.28.23 Tom sent me extra pictures. The boat is definitely a Hunter 23 wing keel, 1990 model with a Z spar
Water Tank Material JamesG161 at 6:06pm 03.28.23 HD and LD PE is LINEAR polyethylene Since I was part of the manufacture of Both types of PolyEthen
Autohelm rotary type 2 - fix or go new.... obxjeff at 5:46pm 03.28.23 I'm really surprised the cooler/glove box was glassed in. I have one on my 40.5 and it lifts out.
H37C Main sail reefing chichiflys at 5:32pm 03.28.23 I use a Carbo bearing block with a soft shackle to a SS ring for by reef lines. The ring goes on o
H37C Main sail reefing chichiflys at 5:22pm 03.28.23 This is encouraging me to try and get the original system working my gooseneck looks like this. And
Need a Beneteau part (1) Davidasailor26 at 5:21pm 03.28.23 Spareparts.beneteauusa.com is pretty handy for this kind of thing. You just need a dealer to give yo
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM Davidasailor26 at 5:12pm 03.28.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Crusty Ol Salt at 4:58pm 03.28.23 Great News
I am Knot going aloft today Tally Ho at 4:44pm 03.28.23 https://engelcoolers.com/products/45-platinum-portable-car-fridge?currency=USD&variant=3305249180890
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast Scott T-Bird at 4:27pm 03.28.23 5. Please read my blog. It will help you. Honest, it will. Loved everything you wrote about t
I am Knot going aloft today (1) h2o_snow at 4:16pm 03.28.23 I have a Tides Track also, Very nice system. Greg Yes sir. I really like it - wonder how lo
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM (1) Justin_NSA at 4:09pm 03.28.23 Thanks Peggy! If you don't believe it, this is what the prefilter for my freshwater pump looked like
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast FastOlson at 3:57pm 03.28.23 5. Please read my blog. It will help you. Honest, it will. Absolutely true! :) Top two views on th
Water Tank Material WasabiRush at 3:54pm 03.28.23 The fitting on the tank that the vent hose connects to.
I am Knot going aloft today Tally Ho at 3:45pm 03.28.23 This. Our new 2022 stackpac with integrated lazy jacks has been a great addition for solo sailing
Why are silicone based waxes bad? dmax at 3:45pm 03.28.23 I would say compound and wax is better but I've done both and I think Poli-Glow is less work. I did

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